a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
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tor /tɔr/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Geographya rocky top of a hill or mountain;
a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
tor (tôr),USA pronunciation n.
-tor,
- a rocky pinnacle;
a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English torr
-tor,
- a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns:dictator; janitor;orator;victor.
- Latin -tor (stem -tōr-), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor-), Sanskrit -tar-
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'tor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-trix
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- abate
- abbreviate
- abdicate
- abductor
- abnegate
- abominate
- abrogate
- acceptor
- accumulator
- actor
- adapter
- adductor
- adhesive factor
- adjudicate
- administrator
- adulate
- adulterate
- advocate
- aestivate
- agglomerate
- aggravate
- aggressor
- agist
- alienate
- alienor
- alliterate
- allocate
- alpha receptor
- alpha-adrenergic receptor
- amalgamate
- amateur
- ambulate
- ameliorate
- amputate
- amtrac
- animator
- annotate
- annunciator
- antecessor
- anticipate
- anticoagulator
- antihemophilic factor
- antioxygenator
- antitorque rotor
- apparitor
- appellor
- appreciate